| A. M. Zahiruddin Khan | |
| Native Name: | এ এম জহিরুদ্দিন খান |
| Native Name Lang: | bn |
| Office1: | Minister of Planning |
| Term Start1: | March 1991 |
| Term End1: | January 1993 |
| Predecessor1: | Rehman Sobhan (Interim) |
| Successor1: | Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir |
| Primeminister1: | Khaleda Zia |
| Office2: | Minister of Industries |
| Term Start2: | January 1993 |
| Term End2: | January 1995 |
| Predecessor2: | Shamsul Islam Khan |
| Successor2: | Tofael Ahmed |
| Primeminister2: | Khaleda Zia |
| Constituency Mp3: | Chittagong-6 |
| Term Start3: | 2 April 1979 |
| Term End3: | 24 March 1982 |
| Predecessor3: | Mohammad Khaled |
| Successor3: | Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury |
| Primeminister3: | Shah Azizur Rahman |
| President3: | Ziaur Rahman |
| Birth Date: | 1 March 1936 |
| Birth Place: | Chattogram, Bengal, British India |
| Death Place: | Bangkok, Thailand |
| Father: | Abul Kashem Khan |
| Party: | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
A. M. Zahiruddin Khan (1 March 1936 – 29 March 2005)[1] was a Bangladeshi politician and industrialist. He served as a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Chittagong-6 constituency during 1979–1982.[2]
Khan was the eldest son of Abul Kashem Khan, a minister in the central cabinet of the then Pakistan.[1] Foreign minister Morshed Khan was his cousin and brother-in-law.[1] He studied at St. Paul's School in Darjeeling, India, later on at Aitchison College in Lahore, Pakistan.
In 1958, Khan became the managing director of A K Khan & Company and later the chairman in 1991. He was also the founding Chairman of AKTEL and Chairman of COATS Bangladesh, Bengal Fisheries Ltd. He was the President of Chittagong Chamber of Commerce & Industry (CCCI) from two consecutive terms. In 1977 he was elected President of Federation of Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce & Industry (FBCCI). As President of FBCCI, he initiated the formation of Islamic Chambers of Commerce & Industry. He was also elected Chairman of the Working Group for drafting of the Islamic Chamber of Commerce & Industry Constitution in the Istanbul Conference in 1977. He also participated in the International Labour Organization (ILO) conference in Geneva in 1975 as representative of Bangladesh Employers. He was also chairman of All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (East Zone) from 1969 to 1971, founder chairman of Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA), founder director of Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB) and Director of Sadharan Bima Corporation. He also served as Chairman of Sonali Bank.[1] [3] [4]
Khan joined politics in 1978 and was also elected Member of Parliament (MP) in 1979 from Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) led by President Ziaur Rahman. He became a member of Begum Khaleda Zia's cabinet in 1991 as the planning minister and later as industries minister.[1]
Zahiruddin's eldest son, Schezade A.K Khan, is married to Zarka Rumana Khwaja, a descendant of Khwaja Yunus Ali Enayetpuri. His younger son, Kalim A. Khan, was married to Nusrat Khanam, daughter of industrialist S.M Kamaluddin (Founder of Concord Group). Kalim died in 2009 in Singapore during treatment after sustaining injuries from an explosion that occurred at his Gulshan-2 residence.[5] His daughter is married to Faisal Morshed Khan, the only son of his first-cousin Morshed Khan.
Zahiruddin Khan died on 29 March 2005 in Bangkok at the age of 69. His death was condoled by President Iajuddin Ahmed, Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad Barrister Jamiruddin Sircar, and other prominent members of the government and society.[6]